Humans could soon be speaking to dogs thanks to new tech.
Dogs could soon be holding conversations with humans
Scientists are developing new artificial intelligence that will enable people to freely communicate with their furry friends, with Zoolingua working on a mobile app that can translate the body language and sounds made by canines into English.
Meanwhile, a South Korean company has created an AI-powered dog collar that analyses the barks made by dogs to measure their emotional state.
A study from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary confirmed that pooches can associate objects with language and can even learn a vocabulary of 100 words at the same rate as a human baby.
Aza Raskin, the founder of the California firm Earth Species Project, revealed that the technology could be applied to all animals.
He said: "We're species agnostic. The tools we develop can work across all of biology, from worms to whales."